Sentence examples for were stood up from inspiring English sources

"If I were stood up, I wouldn't tell anyone.

The high-powered mission began on an ominous note: Gates and his companions, who included Richard N. Haass, the ranking National Security Council aide for the region, and John Kelly, the Assistant Secretary of State for Near East and South Asian Affairs, were stood up by Benazir Bhutto.

The "raw" or "green" stones were laid out in long rows to dry and when they were dry enough they were stood up on their side so the bottom could dry; this work was often done by women and children.

You were stood up; she lied about wanting to go on a date with you.

People (entrepreneurs) created things of real value to other people, and society too, and in the process of us paying for them, productive new industries were stood up (think of the automobile industry, the wired and wireless telephone industries, etc), people were hired, and a middle class was born.

We had never been stood up before.

I've been stood up, let down, messed around.

In fact, he was stood up on three separate days.

To see her from the condition she was in to now being stood up is great".

"I didn't know if I was stood up, or what," he said.

The sausages are stood up, alongside the bacon.